{"145701":{"#nid":"145701","#data":{"type":"news","title":"For Class of 2016, Service Starts Before Classes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPrior to taking their first classes as Tech students, many members of the incoming freshman class will already have begun to live the Institute\u2019s motto of \u201cprogress and service.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement (formerly the Office of Student Involvement and Office of Community Service), working with the Office of New Student and Sophomore Programs, organized Community Connections 2012 to give freshmen the opportunity to start serving the community as soon as they arrive on campus for orientation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENew students and their families who attended FASET sessions throughout the summer have already donated nearly 1,000 items and hundreds of dollars. The donations of travel-sized toiletries, laundry supplies and school supplies will be organized into kits for residents of the Atlanta Day Shelter for Women and Children (ADS) during a culminating event on Friday, Aug. 17. All current students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=145731\u0022\u003Ethe organizing event\u003C\/a\u003E, which will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. Those interested in helping may \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/service.gatech.edu\/plugins\/rsvp\/\u0022\u003ERSVP online\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a great opportunity for new students to engage in a direct service project, to meet others who are interested in service and to learn about the range of service opportunities available at Georgia Tech,\u201d said Sarah Perkins, civic engagement coordinator in the Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA full list of items requested by ADS is available \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nssp.gatech.edu\/faset\/plugins\/content\/index.php?id=1011\u0022\u003Eonline\u003C\/a\u003E. Collection bins are located in the Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement (Room 2211 of the Student Center Commons) and the Office of New Student and Sophomore Programs (Room 141, Student Services Building). Monetary donations are also accepted and will be used to purchase requested items.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta Day Shelter\u2019s mission is to ease the burden of homelessness for women and children and assist them in becoming self-sufficient. The shelter has served as a daytime resource center for homeless women and children in the area since 1984.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew students and their families attending FASET have been part of a service project all summer.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New students and their families attending FASET have been part of a service project all summer."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2012-08-13 09:12:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:40","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-08-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-08-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"145711":{"id":"145711","type":"image","title":"Atlanta Day Shelter","body":null,"created":"1449178751","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:39:11","changed":"1475894779","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:19","alt":"Atlanta Day Shelter","file":{"fid":"195067","name":"ads_kids__school_supplies.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ads_kids__school_supplies_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ads_kids__school_supplies_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2383916,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ads_kids__school_supplies_0.jpg?itok=mE1UvOCu"}}},"media_ids":["145711"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atlantadayshelter.org\/","title":"Atlanta Day Shelter"},{"url":"http:\/\/nssp.gatech.edu\/faset\/plugins\/content\/index.php?id=1011","title":"About Community Connections"},{"url":"http:\/\/leadandengage.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Leadership and Civic Engagement"},{"url":"http:\/\/faset.gatech.edu\/","title":"FASET"},{"url":"http:\/\/service.gatech.edu\/plugins\/rsvp\/","title":"RSVP for Organizing Event"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"40351","name":"civic engagement"},{"id":"2624","name":"community service"},{"id":"2362","name":"faset"},{"id":"17851","name":"new student and sophomore programs"},{"id":"40361","name":"office of leadership and civic engagement"},{"id":"27251","name":"progress and service"},{"id":"167247","name":"service"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sarah.perkins@vpss.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESarah Perkins\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECivic Engagement Coordinator\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}